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At the age of 19 years, Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped by three men at gunpoint in a hotel in Lake Tahoe.

Photo Frank Sinatra Jr., singing the national anthem before a game at Dodger stadium in Los Angeles.

Voice of America – Editorial

                     03/17/2016
                 

Frank Sinatra, Jr., son of legendary American interpreter of the same name, died Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 72 years.

Sinatra Jr. was in Daytona Beach, Florida during a musical tour when he fell ill, according to the family he said in a statement.

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey as Francis Wayne Sinatra to distinguish him from his father, Francis Albert Sinatra, using the name Frank Sinatra, Jr. professionally. It was the second child of the marriage between Sinatra and Nancy Barbato Sinatra.

At the age of 19 years, Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped by three men at gunpoint in a hotel in Lake Tahoe. He was released two days later after payment of a ransom of $ 240,000. A high school classmate of her older sister, Nancy Sinatra, and two other boys were found guilty of fact.

On the death of his father in May 1998, also a heart- attack Sinatra Jr. became the link with the music of his father.

“Since the death of my father, many people have made it clear they are not ready to forget his music,” said Sinatra Jr. in 2002 to agency AP . “For me it is a great and heavy gift. I can sing with a big orchestra and sing things that never grow old. “

Sinatra Jr. married in 1998 but divorced two years later. He is survived by his son, Michael

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